#976 Video Settings (Speed, Sharpen, Gamma, Saturation) auto Resets in Playlist when switching videos.

[leoncryp]

Issue
Playback Speed auto resets in Playlist when switching videos, back to default 1.0x speed
Video Effects settings ie, Sharpen, Gamma, Saturation setting also reset, does not carry on to next video
Settings should be set/retained global apply to all media on the player, not to individual files level.

History
eg Im watching a TV series, got lots of episode que up on playlist, depending on what Im watching, I have different settings
playback speed usually 1.5-2.0x for boring stuff
Video Effects = Sharpen, Saturation, Gamma are selectivity depending on what Im watching eg Anime, darkly lit video.....

How it should behave
Playback speed should be remembered by the player and apples to all video in playlist. If player is closed, speed back to default 1.0x

Video effects should be remembered by the player and applied to all video in playlist, does not reset even after player is closed.

VLC players defaults are above, playback speed, video effects are saved/remember on the player level and applies to all videos on its playlist

What actually happens
Play Speed always resets back to default 1.0x on every video in playlist

Video Visual Effects also resets back to default on every video in playlist, But if enabled "Remember settings for all files"
gets saved to That file and only that video file alone.
Be good to separate out remember "Remember settings for all files" and have another section just to remember the time, as that is useful.

Possible Changes Option
add new features:

• "Remember playback speed" (Globally)

• "Remember playback speed, even after reset"

• "Remember video effects" (Globally)

• "Remember video effects, even after reset"

• "Remember time position only" (Locally only applies to individual media files)

OS Linux Mint 19.3
SMPlayer Version: 20.6.0 (revision 9418) previously on version 18.x also same result

[Ricardo Villalba]

It's possible to change some options for all videos.

For saturation and gamma you can adjust them in the video equalizer and then use the button "set as default values". Your adjustments will be use for other videos.

For sharpen and speed, you can go to preferences, advanced, and type this in the file "run the following actions every time a file is opened":

sharpen normal_speed inc_speed

[leoncryp]

Thanks for that I can confirm they all work.
Ive seen the video equalizer few times before But not sure how I missed the
"Set as default Value" option huge facepalm

As for speed 1.5x I simply add "inc_speed inc_speed inc_speed inc_speed inc_speed" 5x time in the advance options,
kind of a long work around but its better then nothing, VLC players just laggs on some file types, so SMplayer still works best for me on Linux.

Oh the sharpening advance option is there a way to select a slight sharpen instead of the default 1.5?
Ive look around google and tried few options non seems to work
eg I tried to put the below in the Advance options and Video Filter options but fail.
unsharp=lc:1
unsharp=la=1:ca=1
sharpen=1
graph=unsharp=la=1:ca=1

[Ricardo Villalba]

If using mpv as multimedia engine, you need to enter something like lavfi=[unsharp=la=1:ca=1]

You can also use the option --speed (in the options field) to better control the speed. For example: --speed=1.5

[leoncryp]

Still cant get that sharp to work.

Tried all 6 options below, in 3 different places (ie 18 test cases)

lavfi=[unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]
lavfi[unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]
lavfi [unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]
lavfi=[graph=unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]
lavfi[graph=unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]
lavfi [graph=unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]

tried in all 3 fiends seperately and it does not seem to work
Advance - Run...
MPlayer/mpv - Options:
MPlayer/mpv - Video filters:

Multimedia enging - Other - /usr/bin/mpv
FYI when i enable Sharpen options via shortcut button
I see the following OSD at top left corner of screen
Video filters:
lavfi [graph=unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]

FYI speed works in the MPlayer/mpv Options field
--speed=1.5
Much better then typing inc_speed 5x times in the Run field thanks

[Ricardo Villalba]

Do you get an error message when you add the filter?

Notice that when you pass a filter directly to mpv there won't be a OSD message and the Sharp option in the smplayer menu won't be marked as enabled.

[Phoenix]

This is working for me with SMPlayer Extendef Options for MPV.
--vf-add=lavfi=[unsharp=la=1.5:ca=1.5]

[leoncryp]

No error message, no message at all, and I though that may be the case with OSD not displaying anything.
Ive already tested other settings priviously eg 1 and 1.5 also 3. they all make no difference as if no sharpening ever happend. (Im assuming 1=mild, 1.5=default, 3=high)
Ive even click OK (close option Window instead of using Apply), choose new Video on my playlist.
Still no effect.

I suspect it has something to do with the systax

[Ricardo Villalba]

Please send the mpv log (menu View) after playing a video.

[leoncryp]

I figured it out google "mpv video filters"
https://mpv.io/manual/master/

Need to put ie:
--sharpen=1
in the MPlayer/mpv Options: field, any other field will fail

--sharpen=0 <= no sharp
--sharpen=1 <= mild sharp
--sharpen=1.5 <= default sharp
--sharpen=3 <= high sharp

I have this in the default
--sharpen=0 --speed=1
And when I will change it when necessary

OSD will not show anything, but I have already compared screen shots of --sharpen=1.5 vs Sharpen button, and they are identical.

FYI clicking on Sharpen when --sharpen=1.5 is already on, will make it double sharpen.
I guess one is using mpv filter and the other is using lavfi filter

Thanks for all the help and fast response Ricardo Villalba

Hope the above will help others too, its kind of a work around, a permanent fix would be better elegant solution, eg global settings vs local settings.
You may close this thread, I cant find the close Status button, guess I dont have permission.